(11/AUG/2014) - Kolkata - Sri Mayapur Dham

Today morning when I reached Guru Maharaj's place; he was taking shower. And everyone was packing luggages. And he started from that flat at 9:30am and Kalanidhi pr and his wife got the blessings and invited Guru Maharaj to come back again to their home again and again. Then after blessing them Guru Maharaj went to court for the Kolkata Temple case. As he is the only witness for that case from 1970; when Srila Prabhupada took that place for rent for ISKCON. Maha Varaha Pr, Madhava Kanta Pr,  Ruci-rangata pr and Janakiram pr accompanied Guru Maharaj and after the court; we got the call and our party packed all the luggages and started from Alipur. Then our two vehicles joined with Guru Maharaj car and we started our journey at 11:30am.

Somehow, all the Servant's prasadam didn't reach us before we leave Alipur. So Maha Varaha Pr was feeling hungry; we didn't have anything.  Only Guru Maharaj lunch we had with us. Then he said, "May it is a punishment that Krishna is giving for me (us) that I didn't allow him to take Balaram Purnima prasadam last night. That is why Krishna punishing me..." Then the travel was non stop.  We reached Mayapur at 3:30pm. But somehow out van reached ahead. And Guru Maharaj's car didn't reach for more than 15 mins.  Then I heard that Guru Maharaj visited Mayapur Poly Clinic and giving blessings to doctors and nurses and inquiring about Hospital etc. Then Guru Maharaj took his shower and went to bed. Evening at 6:00pm he got up and said, he will got darshan.  So we took him for darshan. During darshan one sadhu was there with madded hair and wearing dhoti and chadar.  He looked different. Then after Guru Maharaj took darshan of Lord Narasimha dev. He saw that sadhu and sadhu also came front and saw Guru Maharaj.  Then Guru Maharaj said, "See that this sadhu take prasadam before he leave." Then I conveyed the message to Maha Varaha pr. Then he arranged the needful.  After darshan we returned back to Guru Maharaj's residence.  That time Sudhama Pran pr said, someone sponsored 108 gitas on Guru Maharaj name. So those gita will be distributed by Guru Maharaj  to public school, or through some departments, Jail Preaching.

Then I asked Guru Maharaj, "in Mayapur we see many sadhus; but we are not treating them properly by feeding them prasadam etc. How to find he is genuine sadhu? Guru Maharaj said, "whoever he is seriously following or not; we should feed them. You can find them sadhu or not just by seeing them." Then I asked, "is there any such rule is there?" He said, "Yes! I made that rule;  but I don't know it is being followed or not. Once I went to Chitrakoot with Safari devotees. That time in one ashrama; then sadhus welcomed us and served us one orange fruit. After serving us. They said to me, "when we came to Mayapur, you devotees serve us anything..."" from that time I feed whoever sadhu come to Mayapur ISKCON feed them . prasadam. I asked again, "As I have heard that demigods, devatas, Lord Siva, Brahma come in disguise like sadhu to Mayapur,  if we are not treating them properly means unknowingly,  will they get upset?" Guru Maharaj said, "Yes! It is true. They come as sadhus. And they will get u

Take it as offensive if we are not treating them properly." Then he continued "Our Gour Govinda Maharaj was one such sadhu, he came to ISKCON like that, then he became a Guru. Like this many sadhus became a devotee in ISKCON. If they become devotee they will take it very seriously."

By that time, he started coughing and in the caugh one Tulasi leaf cane out. And I said, "it is because of Tulasi leaf." But Guru Maharaj was praying to Tulasi devi forgiveness for coughing out Tulasi leaf.

Then Guru Maharaj took Ayurvedic treatment. So, he was not able to go for Srila Prabhupada Adivas ceremony. But he wanted to go; that time he saw Srila Prabhupada quote and Guru Maharaj called Maha Varaha Pr and said, "I empower you; you go on behalf of me." Then Maha Varaha pr said, "we will send Golokeswara Govinda Pr." Guru u maharaj agreed and sent him.  And empowered him with his blessings.

In temple,  His Grace JanaNivas Prabhu accepted Guru Maharaj's message and said,  "Everything will touch Golokeswara Pr and then offered to Srila Prabhupada. And he also did the Maha Arati. Then Guru Maharaj called Prasanna Gauranga Pr and asked him to bring some Nuts and date fruits and sent that to Jananivas pr to offer to Srila Prabhupada. He was taking treatment; but also watching Mayapur.Tv.  They announced that Adivas Prasadam will be distributed.  Immediately Guru Maharaj called me and said,  "Get me some." Then I went and collected it and came back. Guru maharaj took that prasadam with the permission of doctor along with his Kanji dinner diet. Then he went to bed at 10:30pm. Jaya Radha Krishna Pr started to read sastra. And I asked him now what are you reading? He said, "Brihad Bhahavatamrita". As Guru Maharaj have completed hearing of Bhagavatam 12 cantos after his stroke with in this 1 and years. It is really inspiring. Now in Brihad Bhagacatamrita.... I am making my diary short as I am falling sleep. Jai Gurudev! !!- Shyama Rasika Dasa - Personal Diary)